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Institute of Australian Geographers Conference 2022

Landscapes of change, challenge and creativity

Hosted by the Discipline of Geography and Planning, UNE

Armidale CBD,

NSW, Australia


We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2022 Institute of Australian Geographers Inc. Conference, 5th-8th July, University of New England, Armidale.

Abstracts of no more then 1,500 characters (c. 250 words) can be submitted by clicking the link below and following the instructions. Before doing that please check the session proposals below to see which session you would like to give your paper in. Then nominate that session via the pull-down menu before you add your abstract text. If your paper does not fit any particular session just choose 'general geography' in the pull-down menu. We will create sessions out of the pool of such abstracts.

Abstract submission cut-off: May 31st | Acceptance of abstracts: 3rd June

Session TitleProponentsStudy GroupType
Power and politics in affective ecologiesVerlie and OsbourneCultural Geog.Paper
Marginal returnsRyser, et al.UnaffiliatedPaper
Repairing Australia's climate economyBryant and WebberEconomic Geog.Paper
Digi-scapes: Considering the digital landscapes of children and young peopleVolpeCultural Geog.Paper
The good university in the urban ageSteele and RickardsUrban Geog./ Nature, risk, resiliencePaper
Burning and Fire Management in the Asia-Pacific RegionSloanUnaffiliatedPaper
Geography educationCaldis and CarterUnaffiliatedPaper
Political geography keynote-Waters Political Geog.Keynote Lecture
Geographers declareBartelUnaffiliatedWorkshop
New directions in political geographyBurridge, Melo, JerremsPolitical Geog.Paper
BorderscapesBurridgePolitical Geog.Paper
Film shortsZhang, Dyson, PalmerUnaffiliatedShort films - lunch
Biosecurity and invasive speciesGillNature, risk, resiliencePaper
Cheap nature in Australiasia Political Geog.Panel
Everyday humanitarianismSouCritical DevelopmentPaper
Making and imagining changeStokes and FaustinoNature, Risk Resilience and the Urban Geog.Paper/Workshop
Critical development and change Critical Development 
New and emerging research in cultural geographyDuffy, Lobo and BarryCultural Geog.Paper
Grassroots models of learningHill and McKinnonCritical DevelopmentPaper/Workshop
The "rise of the rest": Implications for "traditional aid donorsSouCritical DevelopmentPaper
Radical engagements with dwelling precarityKelly and PorterUrban Geog.Paper
Cities and urban lifeWiesel, Osborne and PorterUrban Geog.Paper
New climate change adaptation geographiesRickards, Verlie and McManusNature, risk, resiliencePaper
Contesting, redefining and defending ‘nature’: conceptual and practical tensionsRickards, Verlie and McManusNature, risk, resiliencePaper
Indigenous Peoples relationships with country of change, challenges, and creativityRaven and SullivanIPKRPaper
Indigenous political geographies sessionRaven and ZuritaIPKR + Political Geog.Paper/Panel
Yarning circle: Indigenous protocols, messages and researchRavenIPKRYarning Circle
Care infrastructureIlan Wiesel, Emma Power and Kathy MeeUrban Geog.Paper
Carceral Geographies: State of the FieldOsborne et al.Urban Geog + Political Geog.Paper
Legal geographies of changing environmentsJohn Carr and Meg ShervalLegal Geographies Study GroupPaper
The Expanding boundaries of legal geographyJohn Carr and Meg ShervalLegal Geographies Study GroupPaper
IAG Equity Reference GroupMichele Lobo, Andrew Gorman-Murray, Souvik Lal Chakraborty, Lisa Stafford, Wenjing Zhang and Miri (Margaret) Raven Roundtable
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